Where there is love there is life.*

 "Where there is love there is life." –Mahatma Gandhi

Point to Ponder: “It’s your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.”- Tony Robbins  

Sanskrit has 96 words for love; ancient Persian has 80, Greek 5, Arabic 14 and English only one.

Story Line: The role Love plays in various relationships and The Universal Themes: With Coworkers, Friends and Family, in Business deals, with Schoolmates and being in Love with that special person. (the guiding principles for good Quality of Life)

“Love” is a not word you often hear uttered in office hallways or conference rooms. And yet, it has a strong influence on workplace outcomes. The more love co-workers feel at work, the more engaged they are. (Note: Here we’re talking about “companionate love” which is far less intense than romantic love. Companionate love is based on warmth, affection, and connection rather than passion). It may not be surprising that those who perceive greater affection and caring from their colleagues perform better, but few managers focus on building an emotional culture. That’s a mistake. -- Employees Who Feel Love Perform Better by Sigal Barsade and Olivia A. O’Neill

Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2014/01/employees-who-feel-love-perform-better

Relationships are not about extracting happiness but about giving joy to the other. Short journeys can be made alone, long journeys need reliable and resilient Relationships. Sadhguru

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get–only with what you are expecting to give–which is everything."–Katharine Hepbur 

“The only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.” The moment you start measurement in relationship it is transactional not love. –Tony Robbins

“Do what you did in the beginning of a relationship and there won’t be an end.” Tony Robbins 

If you judge people you have no time to love them.- Mother Teresa

If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.-Mother Teresa

Reflection: Love in it's broader meaning is so powerful that it can change the world for the better. In different cultures and their languages there are many words for love, depending on the type of relationship and situations.   Below is one excellent example

Specific Words in Hindi for LOVE:  Posted on November 13, 2011 by Domenic Marbaniang- Posts on Faith and Theology © 2021https://marbaniangdomenic.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/specific-words-in-hindi-for-love/

The Hindi language is rich in words. Its words are usually object-specific, and one can easily identify the nature of an object within a single word used. For instance, it has several different words for love, differing according to the object in mind.

FRIENDLY LOVE
Prem: It is the general word for “love”; but is usually used for friendly love.
Preeti: It usually carries the meaning of “love that contains delight”. This is the word used in the Hindi Bible in Peter’s answer to Jesus when He asked “Do you love Me more than these?”
Pyaar: It is a common word for love; but, nowadays is commonly used for romantic love.
Chaah: It usually means “like” or “desire”.
Anurag: Friendly love that is far deeper and means selfless love or affection.
Mitrabhav: Friendly affection

PARENTAL LOVE
Sneha: It is the love that an elder has for the younger.
Vatsalya: It is a parent’s love for the child.
Mamata: It is the mother’s love towards her child.

ROMANTIC LOVE
Popularly today, Prem, Pyaar, Chaah…
Anurukti: Intoxicated love that sinks a person in thoughts of the object.
Asakti: Deeper intoxication in love – being lost in love.
URDU WORDS: ISHQ, DEEWANA

LUSTFUL LOVE
Kama: Sensual Love, Kameccha: Sensual Feelings
Moha: Love towards worldly objects

LOVE TOWARDS GOD
Bhakti: It is superior to all other form of love. It is love in worship, love of the worshipper towards his/her God. In the Bible it is usually used for devotion, religion, and godliness.

Personal Memory: I will end with the words from a very first valentine card from my new life partner and former penpal (Year 1979.)

“You are life’s most precious gift to me, for the reasons even I can’t explain. I love you more every day.”

Happy Valentine's Day to All Friends Around The World.

Comments

[Carol]

"...love is all you need."--The Beatles
Sanskrit's 96 words for love is impressive!

[Bobby]

😊 Great post above how people's affection for us and our affection for them changes our lives. Love is the word for it. True. ❤️

[Sam]

This is such counterintuitive but true that one works the most when he or she feels appreciated or in some case mentored to get better. Assuming that one can get better from any starting position is the key to the growth mindset. They say the cultures are defined by the language. For example Russian language does not have the word blue and so it is hard for them to perceive. More the words for a topic, better we understand. I see first hand with my daughter who is hearing impaired and it is so hard for her to explain her thoughts sometimes.

[Chandler]

You role modeled this at work. Seen very few use this method to get team together. Sometimes we need tough love but in most cases, positive energy results much more.

[BHSC]

Oh this was wonderful! The singing and the message (really liked the first Tony Robins quote). Thank you for sharing!!!!! Take care my friend

[sujat]

Interestingly presented essence about interpersonal interactions and dynamics.

I can agree with portions about the rest of the content.

A personal (if at all true) understanding reached after much contemplation is, that "Prem" or "Love is too big a word which we misunderstand and use very casually - and it is this misunderstanding which has caused much pain in the world. In almost all of our interpersonal interactions, the closest we have ever been to the experience of Love is - friendliness or warmth. To call it "love" would be an abuse of the word, if not an insult to love.

The line quoted from Luisa kaki's letter of 1979 is endearing.... the icing on the cake! 😊

The acid test of love is:

1. Is it purely an awareness, or is it infused with emotional energy? Energy is characteristically with polarity, and love is without polarity or opposite - it is the state of neutrality. It can be love only if it is free of any and all emotional energy.

2. Is it free of emotional attachment, or is it based on such attachment? It can be love only if it is free of all attachment.

3. Is it indiscriminate (or selective) ? If it includes a few.. or many, it still excludes the rest. If it is indiscriminate and All-inclusive (without exception), then alone it is love.

4. Is it "for" somebody apart from me, or is it an experience purely in itself? If it is dependent on my perception of somebody as distinct from me, it still is a conditional experience dependent on the perception of separateness. Therefore, Love is the freedom from the very condition of objective perception, that is, it is the realisation and the experience of the reality that there are no "others".

Until the 4 tests above are fulfilled, it would help us abstain from expressing any of our experience as "Prem" or "Love". Yes, at its highest, it surely can be unattached and magnanimous warmth and friendliness.

🙏

[Prasad Vepa]

Enjoyed this post very much. I believe love is a deep, spontaneous, enduring, unselfish care and concern for another person. Someone once said beautifully, that love is a friendship that has caught fire!”

[humble warrior]

love the love quotes... one more ... "love doesn't need to perfect. It just needs to be true."